[video clip] >> tourists take the various memorials and attractions around the city. it is really difficult to get a look at daily life since your tour group is kept isolated from ordinary people. you cannot go to restaurants and normal shops and look around. these images were shot from the window of moving buses. we were going through on the way from one tourist attraction to the other, getting into north korea, which is rare for journalists. we were told not to take photographs of everyday people. these are rare images. i left my hotel to get images of daily life. you see a city of few private cars. most people walk or ride bicycles. teams walk together to their jobs on construction sites and usually walking behind a leader carrying a flag or red banner. roads are being repaired and new housing being built. it is all in preparation for ceremonies next year, the 101st anniversary of the country's founding leader, still referred to as the great leader. >> what do they think they are gaining by having such a closed society? >> continuing their absolute control, basical